The Lottery and its discontents
Here are articles on who plays the South African Lottery, how the Lottery money is distributed, and dodgy dealings by the National Lotteries Commission and its recipients.
Patel’s spokesman dodges questions on Lottery
GroundUp told to rather focus on investment conference
News | 13 November 2019
National Lotteries Commission grilled in Parliament
Questions asked about conflicts of interest and unfinished projects
Parliament | 6 November 2019
Lottery hides its beneficiaries following corruption exposés
Minister Ebrahim Patel still failing to answer questions
News | 4 November 2019
How to buy your dream house using public money
Documents show that Lottopreneur Lesley Ramulifho used at least R5 million from a Lottery grant to pay for his luxury Pretoria house
Feature | 31 October 2019
The Lottery COO and the mysterious payments
Bank statements show that company directed by COO’s wife paid money into Lottery recipient’s account, yet she denies it
News | 25 October 2019
Lotteries Commission is trying to sell you horse manure
COO Phillemon Letwaba has been unable to explain the numerous anomalies in the funding of Lesley Ramulifho’s projects
Opinion | 23 October 2019
How a lawyer used a Lottery-funded project as his personal ATM
Lesley Ramulifho paid for fancy restaurants, high-end interior decor and work on a Porsche using money meant for a drug rehab
Feature | 22 October 2019
NLC response to Sershan Naidoo’s allegations
Lottery fund distributor says it follows the “spirit and letter of the law”
Right to reply | 10 October 2019